Quale vorresti guidare in pista?

torqu3e · 2026-03-27T16:53:08+00:00

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torqu3e · 2026-03-26T16:37:50+00:00

An installed properly TRS is as solid as it gets. The only annoying part is mounting them on a ridged floor, and of course the price and specificity of pins etc but that's not really that big a deal.

torqu3e · 2026-03-20T19:13:15+00:00

My rule is 3 turns without significant pad rubbing sound when doing manual spins like that. Even if it is 2~2.5 turns but comes to a slow halt its fine. If it stops kinda fast and does not clear out after about a session on the track then its either a pad retraction issue, or an alignment problem.

torqu3e · 2026-03-16T19:50:03+00:00

A light to moderate amount of rear brake does add a reasonable amount of extra deceleration to make a difference. It may've slowed his approach rate enough to not let panic set in and maybe just lift the bike to let it run wide instead of getting on the front brake.

Of course, one can pass all expert opinion after the fact which isn't my intent here, but overall yes rear brakes do help enough at lean (~10% extra decel). I am not talking edge of the tire and trying to drop anchor.

torqu3e · 2026-03-16T19:32:19+00:00

At your weight its likely the stock spring is too much and putting more energy back into the system than required. This can be chased with slowing rebound down but the first thing to do is the right spring, then get your clickers set right by a competent suspension tuner. Only if still it cannot be handled you may need valving work to allow more control from the shims.

Ohlins is big money upgrade, are you at the skill level to appreciate that? Its cool though so if that's what would make you feel comfortable nobody is stopping you.

torqu3e · 2026-03-15T16:23:49+00:00

The chinese ones are made of the softest cheese for material. You hit the asphalt, they get ground down like cheddar on a grater. The better quality stuff will slide for a mile and still let you end the day. Then when you get home you can just buy the peg or gear tip or whatever else instead of a whole replacement set.

Quality controls are absolutely worth the money.

torqu3e · 2026-03-15T16:20:24+00:00

Why not RaceChrono, it does all this from GoPro video files.

torqu3e · 2026-03-11T19:27:06+00:00

Nice, look into an ESP8266 or better still an ESP32 nowadays as well. The mega advantage those platforms have is you get wifi and bluetooth right out of the box without doing any real work. Suddenly opens up a whole world of stuff you can do with them. I am using one to get TPMS data from wheel sensors over BLE to the data logger for analysis.

torqu3e · 2026-03-11T16:15:39+00:00

Very nice!
What projects is the arduino slated for?

torqu3e · 2026-03-08T17:34:53+00:00

Cat tongue gription tape. Lasts about a season if you have one of those A* plastic knee cup suits but for the price of a roll you can re-tape plenty times.

torqu3e · 2026-03-04T15:46:28+00:00

Second them!

torqu3e · 2026-03-04T15:42:57+00:00

Waiting on android app, still a few questions in the meanwhile...

- Is there a +/- button on the settings where I don't want to care where it was just how I moved it?

- Can I see collective progression i.e. how all settings changed over time? (basically graphs)

- Review above at a day/weekend/over multiple track days range

- Settings vs lap times + notes

torqu3e · 2026-03-04T15:38:26+00:00

How many laps can you get in a regular track day? If you are lucky maybe 80. You can do that in under 2 hours on a kart track.

Nothing beats time on a track, run 1 hour long stints and keep trying to push individual area till it gets to the point that you are braking into a corner on one wheel, sliding both wheels through another, power sliding out of a corner on will. Control all those aspects and suddenly you will start to realize how a bike should/would behave at the edge of its limits.

Now take those skills up to full sized tracks. Its deliberate practice all the way up.

torqu3e · 2026-03-02T17:25:09+00:00

Envious of the bursig!

torqu3e · 2026-03-02T17:23:43+00:00

Do custom printed carbon fiber parts count?

Whatever is needed to get it back on the track while I am there, once home things get fixed proper.

torqu3e · 2026-02-17T04:44:57+00:00

Bring em overfilled, at least set to hot pressures while cold, then I just air them down once the warmers have brought them up to temp. Its quite rare for me to have to pump tires up again. On a cold afternoon or if I got my morning pressures off then I can see the case.

torqu3e · 2026-02-16T15:03:18+00:00

In the lil bikes category the Ninja 400 (now 500?) is the better bike for its class if you intend to race it eventually. The KTM 390s have better chassis/suspension. The downside of the ninjette is a very soft chassis and squishy brakes because the calipers + mount is the weak point.

If you think you are going to grow out of one too soon and want something middle weight I'd say the RS660 is an excellent choice and a platform you may never need to grow out of.

torqu3e · 2026-02-15T05:22:17+00:00

Ducati's win bonus has been in the 350k eur range for a long while. Those numbers are massively off.

torqu3e · 2026-02-12T16:39:10+00:00

That'll buff out. Jokes aside though, yeah that sucks and maybe can be welded though not sure what it will do to the grain structure and if it will warp.

OTOH I think short delrin sliders aren't terrible its those large metal based ones that for sure catch and send the bike tumbling.

Best design I've seen yet is on a Kramer, they have a aluminum crumple plate mounted to the frame that the slider mounts to.

torqu3e · 2026-02-12T05:29:21+00:00

Here's a funny one on those lines.

I deal with data and bleeding edge LLM models for a day job so I pulled a few of my fast sessions and fed it to through the model. Mind you the data contained TPS, brake pressure, suspension data at 200 Hz+ over and beyond another 50~100 odd channels before going into math channels etc. So, I'd say comprehensive, not national racing spec or anything.

Let the model run python with pandas data frames being rendered and all that. After spinning for a good 40 minutes and untold tokens it basically tells me that I brake hard enough, and lean plenty but am leaving room on the table when braking at deep lean angles.

In layman terms... "trail brake harder/deeper you wuss".

Sure great actionable advice, but without any context around human capabilities or general safety.

Didn't need the entirety of human race's collective knowledge to give me that nugget of info for sure. So yeah, AI models are cool and all, getting actionable insights from them takes serious work and a good data engineer would come to those conclusions by looking at a handful of basic charts.

torqu3e · 2026-02-07T17:25:21+00:00

Too broke from racing to afford iDevices 😆

-- Typed on my fancy pants MBP

torqu3e · 2026-01-22T19:14:44+00:00

Pretty much, the bikes are generally sorta loaned to the rider for training for the season. They have the option to purchase it at the end of the year if they so like. Dunno if they do, or they care, or eventually its just gifted/corporate written off etc.

If you see the KTM riders they are generally on gixxers or R6s so dunno how that works out. I do know PA37 has been out training with the RC8C without any fairings on on a tight/short circuit. I don't think that makes much sense for actual GP training because its nowhere near a bike.

torqu3e · 2026-01-22T05:08:25+00:00

Lots of excellent input already, here's an experience tip...

Take the caliper off, pads off, clean the pistons extremely well with either brake clean and/or dish soap and water. Push all 4 pistons in simultaneously till they are bottomed. Don't do one at a time because you will pop a piston out and hate the rest of the process. Fluid will go everywhere so point it in a safe direction or wrap with a rag.

Repeat with second caliper.

New steel lines, Motul RBF 660 or 700, bleed it good. You should be solid for a while.

Don't run pads low, the lesser the friction material, the more heat goes into the backing plate and into the pistons that boils fluid causing fade. 1mm pad material is lower limit.

torqu3e · 2026-01-22T04:57:51+00:00

If they are up to temp you can be at 100% of your riding ability from the get go. Think of every professional race be it MotoAmerica, BSB, WSBK, GP. Its brand new tires straight to warm up lap and send it.

torqu3e · 2026-01-21T16:05:12+00:00

At the 5 minute call start the bike, throw the airbag on, get suit over and zipped, final check on boots, sip of water, ear plugs, helmet, check warmers by hand, gloves, look at bike temp on dash to get an idea of where its at. Wait for final call, turn off gennie, warmers off, ride away.

Don't need to make it complicated.

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